Emma's Diary

actually the 5th MCF will be going back to ravenhearst.. it gets confusing.. I got totally drawn into the picking picmans brain thread LOL

But how do you all know it'll go back to Ravenhearst. Maybe it has to do with Madame Fate? Maybe Picman is just trying to throw everyone off. Me, personally, I like the surprise of now knowing. But hey...the rest of you feel free to speculate away.

true very true. but at least it gives us something fun to figure out LOL

picman is probably sitting back in his chair laughing his tail fins off at us

This will keep you off the streets and out of bars

and it's fun to speculate on something .. with everyone's different opinions.. which means no unnecessary flamage either.

Entry # 16 – Aug. 3rd, 1895
Hidden Correspondence
Fever weakens me such that I have
difficulty focusing my vision. My
hands have begun to convulse and I
have great difficulty holding, let
alone updating, this very journal.
Rose often records my thoughts
as I dictate.

After discovering the dress,
and Rose’s increasing anxiety
towards Charles, we have
agreed to hide my diary.
I fear this anxiety may be
quite well-founded, however,
with our newest finding.
Charles has secretly adorned an
upstairs bedroom with all the
trappings of a nursery,
including a crib! Upon
inspection, the crib contained
unopened correspondence
from my family in the United States!

I am scared for my very life.

sillyfeet wrote:But how do you all know it'll go back to Ravenhearst. Maybe it has to do with Madame Fate? Maybe Picman is just trying to throw everyone off. Me, personally, I like the surprise of now knowing. But hey...the rest of you feel free to speculate away.

picman gave us several clues that were all answered by RTR, which I think is a pretty good indication of Return to Ravenhearst. (see the Wikipedia entry for RTR)

Now, I have to get back to transcribing....

Entry #17 – Aug. 4th, 1895
Poison?
I’m not sure what is happening. It
takes all my energy to sit and
write here. Rose claims I have been
falling into and out of consciousness
at the most odd times. I have yet
to feel any better and now we
know why.

Rose was tidying the house and
she saw Charles in the kitchen.
He had just finished preparing
my dinner (all he does anymore
after spending his time affixing
random items to doors inside
the house). She swears she saw
a bottle in his pocket labeled
Phosphorous White. At first
she thought it part of his
unusual contraptions but we
have since found it to be a key
ingredient in poison!

Is Charles trying to poison me?

Entry #18 – Aug. 5th, 1895
We Must Flee
Is Charles trying to murder me?
Am I absurd to ask myself such a
question? I have felt so incredibly
terrible and I am rarely sure if I am
awake or dreaming any longer.

Can I trust myself?

Rose believes she is correct.
She says he has been keeping
me here by making me sick.
Charles has slowly fallen into
his own delusional sickness!
How could I have trusted him?

We must leave!
It’s very clear his madness will
take our lives if we stay.
Escape from this cursed home
where I have known nothing
but illness and fear.

Charles will kill us if we do not
flee this place at once!

UHM, that last entry shows that Emma feared not only for her life but also for Rose's.

Who's Rose?

Entry #19 – Aug. 6th, 1895
Escape!
Rose is packing my few belongings
as I use what little strength I have
remaining to record the events
transpiring around us. Charles is
out of the manor, for how long, we
know not, so we must make haste!

We have come to the conclusion
that Charles’ madness has fully
consumed his mind. He moves
about in an erratic fashion,
speaking almost
incomprehensible nonsense.

Rose believes those odd devices
he builds on the doors to be
locks. He wants to keep me
with him forever!

I am so weak, but must break
free from this place!

Why would he.............

Nearly there Eleanor, only one more to go then you can rest your poor aching fins. (which you posted while I was writing this!)

Thank you for all your hard work.

Entry #20 – Today
My Only Hope
I have watched you move about
this dark place for some time now,
inspecting various items around the
house. You carry what remains of
my diary! We were both lost
long ago and you must listen, for I
have little time!

I have been trapped here for so
long and you are my only hope
to break free of this horrible
place. Please listen and do as I
say before HE returns!

HE keeps me in the cellar, but
you must look beyond the brick
and mortar.

The last locked door requires
seven skeleton keys which are
hidden throughout the house.

Without your help, I can never
go home.

- Emma Ravenhearst

I say again: Who is Rose?

Phew!

I hope this helps us all figure out what the heck happened and how it ties in to Madame Fate and MCF5...

Now, fishy detectives, put on your deerstalker hats, grab your magnifying glasses and go for it!

sillyfeet wrote:I say again: Who is Rose?

See Entry #14 back on page one of this thread.

Just reading the last entry I wonder why it says HE instead of He. Do you think this is on purpose to mean HIS EXCELLENCY
as in Royalty?

UHM, Good point. Why use the reference "HE" instead of Charles like she did in all the other post?

It's also possible that she says HE out of fear - I mean, after all, the guy did hack her to death in the end...